7 arrested in tribal village head's murder in Jharkhand's Khunti
Khunti (PTI): Seven people were arrested in connection with the murder of a tribal village head in Jharkhand's Khunti district, police said on Wednesday.
Soma Munda, who had also contested the 2024 assembly elections from the Khunti seat on an Abua Jharkhand Party (AJP) ticket, was murdered on January 7 over a land dispute, they said.
"Seven people, including the main accused, have been arrested. A manhunt is on to nab two shooters and some other people involved in the crime," SP Manish Toppo said.
Munda was shot dead on the Namkum-Jamuadag Road when he was returning home on a motorcycle with his wife.
He was the 'Adel Sanga Padha Raja', traditional head of 22 villages.
The SP said Munda was murdered following a dispute over 3.16 acre of land in Jiarappa village in the Khunti police station area.
"Devbrat Nath Shahdeo, a resident of Ranchi, was trying to sell this land, which he had acquired from the descendants of the landlords, with the help of local people," he said.
"Munda and some other villagers had objected to these attempts to sell, as a traditional fair, Padha Jatra Mela, had been held on that land for many years. Last November, levelling work was carried out on the land, and the stone markers were removed, which Munda had opposed," he added.
Following this, a conspiracy was hatched, and he was murdered, the SP said.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
